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See, see King Richard doth himself appear,
As doth the blushing discontented sun
From out the fiery portal of the east,
When he perceives the envious clouds are bent
To dim his glory and to stain the track Of his bright passage to the occident. |
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| Down, down I come, like glist’ring Phaeton |
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| Methinks I am a prophet new inspir’d |
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This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise |
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Richard II
John of Gaunt
[in praise of England] |
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This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land
Dear for her reputation through the world,
Is now lease’d out –I die pronouncing it |
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You pluck a thousand dangers on your head
You lose a thousand well-disposed hearts
And prick my tender patience to those thoughts
Which honor and allegiance cannot thing. |
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York
[speaking to King Richard after John of Gaunt's death as Richard plans on taking all of Gaunts money and possessions] |
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Needs must I like it well; I weep for joy
To stand upon my kingdom once again.
Dear earth, I salute thee with my hand, Though rebels wound thee with their horses’ hoofs. |
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Richard II
King Richard
[upon arriving back in England] |
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O villians, vipers, damn’d without redemption!
Dogs, easily won to faun on any man!
Snakes in my heart-blood warm’d that sting my heart!
Three Judases, each one thrice worse than Judas! |
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Richard II
King Richard
[speaking of Bushy, Bagot, and Green when he thinks they have betrayed him] |
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Our sea-walled garden, the whole land, Is full of weeds, her fairest flowers chok’d up
Her fruit trees all unprun’d, her hedges ruin’d, Her knots disordered, and her wholesome herbs Swarming with caterpillars |
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Richard II
The gardener
[referring to the current state of England] |
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And if you crown him, let me prophesy, The blood of England shall manure the ground,
And future ages groan for this foul act |
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Richard II
Bishop of Carlisle
[referring to Bolingbroke's becoming King] |
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| Part of your cares you give me with your crown. |
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Richard II
Bolingbroke
[to Richard] |
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Mark, silent king, the moral of this sport,
How soon my sorrow hath destroy’d my face. |
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Richard II
Richard
[after the stunt with the mirror] |
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Wilt thou, pupil-like
Take the correction, mildly kiss the rod,
And faun on rage with base humility
Which art a lion and the king of beasts? |
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Richard II
the Queen
[to Richard] |
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| I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. |
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